Not Really the Way School is Supposed to Start

My first class is Intro to Analysis. It's too bad that the professor never showed up because he was "lost somewhere" in the building. Since he is a math professor, I want to think that he was working away on some complicated, ground-breaking mathematics in the library somewhere, but most likely he forgot...

Otherwise, I forgot how much school work there is to do. Definitely a lot of reading and work to get done in the next two weeks. I forgot how I managed how to do it these past semester. One way or another, it'll get done - there will just be a few more hours spent at the library.

Bye bye, Money

My wallet has only been completely empty two times.
Both times, it happened at Cornell.
Coincidence? I think not.
Correlation = Causation? I think so!

Orientate, Orientate, Orientate!

Moved into the new place last Saturday. Only discovered that there is internet to leech off of today. It's been a busy time here. Just finished training the OLs after going through OS training.

I signed up for my fall classes okay, but am waiting for the registrar to add me to my final class. This semester should start off well!

The Scheming and Screaming was Worth It

The Scheming and Screaming...

Well, tomorrow is the day of reckoning. I've done really well on the practice tests. As an offside, it is amazing how ETS offers two free GRE practice tests as well as practice problems. I heard it is one of the most accurate predictors of your actual GRE score.

And then I'm moving onto campus on Saturday! Summer will officially be over tomorrow on Thursday after the GRE though. I haven't started packing yet so that will be done on Friday.

The video game playing has also died out because I've gotten to those really hard missions. So the marginal cost of accomplishing each mission just shot up... but I will do Mission 55 before I leave! I must.

Why How Science is Taught Today Sucks.

I found a website, Project Syndicate, which contains commentaries written by some smart people. The commentaries cover many topics, including (my two faves) economics and science.

But this (written by Leon M. Lederman) is what the titular article I am referring to. Nothing like another chance to bash the US secondary education system, right?

Blowing... [wow, that's what she said]

Recently I've been watching some music-related animes and was constantly reminded (bothered?) that I have a clarinet in my closet I haven't played in around one or two years. It's always an on-and-off relationship with my clarinet: sometimes I become really motivated to play and then the motivation slowly deteriorates.

Every time I start again, I tell myself "this time it'll be different." Eventually, maybe, I will pick it up and never put it down again. Besides, every time I pick it up again I have to do maintenance and the bore oil will take between one and two days to soak into the wood and I have to build my embouchure again.

Cornell has a room you can rent out for the semester to practice in - if I pay to use the room for the entire semester it will probably get me to practice more often than if I did not. I might just put my clarinet next to my desk at the apartment so it becomes more convenient.

This time it'll be different!